Bullying is defined as a negative action, physical, verbal, indirect or direct (Farrington, 1993). Literature has shown that bullying often occurs within a social context governed by peer group norms (Phiri, 2002). The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which bullying is related...
Parenting has long been acknowledged to be a process that fosters and initiates socialization in the child. This relationship has been explored extensively but very little is known in the African setting. Parenting studies in this part of the world are limited even though very necessary in...
Download PDF ↓The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) pandemic was first described in the 1980’s, and the first case in Zambia was reported in 1984 (Chipimo, 2011). Since then the infection rates have continued to raise with the highest rates being recorded between 1990 and 2001, however there has been a...
Download PDF ↓This paper focuses on social correlates of adolescent alcohol use. It aimed at investigating the relationship between perceived parental alcohol use, perceived permissive parenting style, perceived peer alcohol use, perceived alcohol accessibility (independent variables) and adolescent alcohol...
Download PDF ↓OBJECTIVES: The general objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between number of languages spoken and performance on the clinical neuropsychological tests. The specific objective was to establish whether greater proficiency in English is related to better performance on the...
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